- September 7, 2025
More Students Head Back to Class Without One Crucial Thing: Their Phones
Next year she hopes to be at college and is looking forward to the freedom. Transcript: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: More states are banning students from
How Schools are Countering Absenteeism with Food, Rides and Individual Notes
Reilly managed to slash his chronic absenteeism rate in half to 25 percent this past 2024-25 year. That’s still high. One in four students missed
How Prepared are ‘COVID Kindergartners’ for School?
“Just being in utero during a highly stressful time had some developmental effects on infants,” Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician and neuroscientist at Columbia University and
Friendship Break Ups Can Be Devastating for Tweens. Here’s How Adults Can Help
Friendship is a skill set, according to Denworth, and kids don’t automatically arrive with all the tools they need. A healthy friendship, she added, is
Tutoring Was Supposed to Save American Kids After the Pandemic. The Results? ‘Sobering’
Their preliminary results were “sobering,” according to a June report by the University of Chicago Education Lab and MDRC, a research organization. The researchers found
These Programs Help Poor Students with College. Trump Wants to Pull the Funding
But Griffith’s stepsister had introduced her to a federal program called Upward Bound. It places high school students in college dorms during the summer, where
Inaccurate, Impossible: Experts Knock New Trump Plan to Collect College Admissions Data
“You’ve got this effort to add these elements without a mechanism with which to vet the new variables, as well as a system for ensuring
Why a Good Pep Talk Doesn’t Always Need to Include Advice
“Make sure you’re listening to what they need and tailoring the pep talk to the specific anxiety they have,” Linden says. Let’s say she’s feeling
When Teachers Learn a Complete View of Asian American History, Students Benefit
Listen to the latest episode of the MindShift podcast to learn about how students are learning about the broader contributions of Asian Americans and their
7 Insights About Chronic Absenteeism, a New Normal for American Schools
“Chronic absenteeism affects disadvantaged students more often, but the rise in chronic absenteeism was an unfortunate tide where all boats rose,” said Nat Malkus, deputy
